Guy couldn't even win a home game lands 9.5 million per yr! $ick!
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners found the starting pitcher they've been looking for this offseason, and Jarrod Washburn got the multiyear contract he's always wanted.
Washburn agreed to a $37.5 million, four-year deal with the Mariners on Monday, leaving the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels for a team coming off consecutive last-place finishes.
"Jarrod is a proven major league winner who immediately makes us better in the starting rotation," Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi said.
And apparently, so ends a spending spree the Mariners hope will return them to the top of the division.
Last month, they signed Japanese catcher Kenji Johjima to a $16.5 million, three-year deal. Two weeks ago, they brought back 43-year-old starter Jamie Moyer for one year and $5.5 million. And they also added former White Sox designated hitter Carl Everett for one season at $4 million.
Now comes Washburn. He gets a hefty sum for a pitcher who has just one season with more than 11 wins.
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</NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"The market is what it is," Bavasi said.
But the GM also said he was satisfied with what Seattle has accomplished since the season ended -- sort of.
"At the start of this offseason, our goals were to acquire a high-quality starting pitcher, add offense, re-sign Jamie Moyer and, ideally, upgrade our catching," he said. "Today's announcement marks the final -- and perhaps most important -- in that offseason list."
For Washburn, it is the first multiyear contract the self-described Wisconsin farm boy has had in the major leagues.
"It's something I've always been working for," he said. "But I'm from a small town in northwest Wisconsin. It doesn't cost a lot to live there. I drive a pickup truck."
Washburn acknowledged this was a good winter to be a free-agent pitcher.
"Yeah, I did think about that," he said with a grin.
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners found the starting pitcher they've been looking for this offseason, and Jarrod Washburn got the multiyear contract he's always wanted.
Washburn agreed to a $37.5 million, four-year deal with the Mariners on Monday, leaving the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels for a team coming off consecutive last-place finishes.
"Jarrod is a proven major league winner who immediately makes us better in the starting rotation," Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi said.
And apparently, so ends a spending spree the Mariners hope will return them to the top of the division.
Last month, they signed Japanese catcher Kenji Johjima to a $16.5 million, three-year deal. Two weeks ago, they brought back 43-year-old starter Jamie Moyer for one year and $5.5 million. And they also added former White Sox designated hitter Carl Everett for one season at $4 million.
Now comes Washburn. He gets a hefty sum for a pitcher who has just one season with more than 11 wins.
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But the GM also said he was satisfied with what Seattle has accomplished since the season ended -- sort of.
"At the start of this offseason, our goals were to acquire a high-quality starting pitcher, add offense, re-sign Jamie Moyer and, ideally, upgrade our catching," he said. "Today's announcement marks the final -- and perhaps most important -- in that offseason list."
For Washburn, it is the first multiyear contract the self-described Wisconsin farm boy has had in the major leagues.
"It's something I've always been working for," he said. "But I'm from a small town in northwest Wisconsin. It doesn't cost a lot to live there. I drive a pickup truck."
Washburn acknowledged this was a good winter to be a free-agent pitcher.
"Yeah, I did think about that," he said with a grin.
